Biography

Has posted six seasons (2009, 2011-12, 2014-16) with 500-plus passing attempts and eight or fewer INTs, the most in NFL history ahead of Patriots QB Tom Brady (three) and nine QBs (one).

Has been named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player by The Associated Press twice in his career (2011, 2014), one of only eight players in league history to win the award multiple times.

Is the only quarterback in league history to record a 100-plus passer rating in six consecutive seasons (2009-14), with no other QB doing so in more than four straight. Ranks No. 1 in NFL history with a 100-plus rating in seven seasons (2009-14, 2016).

Is the lone QB in NFL history to throw 40-plus TD passes with seven or fewer INTs in a season, having done it twice in his career (45/6 in 2011, 40/7 in 2016).

Is one of only four QBs in NFL history (Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees) to have two seasons with 40-plus TD passes. Has thrown 38-plus TD passes four times in his career, the most in NFL history.

Has registered six 4,000-yard passing seasons, the most in team history, and a franchise-record 20 games with four-plus passing TDs.

In 135 career regular-season starts (since 2008), has posted 49 games with 300-plus passing yards (No. 4 in the NFL over that span), 80 without an interception (No. 1, min. 15 attempts) and 75 with a 100-plus passer rating (No. 2).

Has been selected to the Pro Bowl in six of the last eight seasons (2009, 2011-12, 2014-16).

In the franchise record books, holds seven of the top eight single-season marks for passer rating (2009-14, 2016), four of the top six for passing TDs (2011-12, 2014, 2016), six of the top seven for completion percentage (2010-14, 2016) and four of the top six for passing yards (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016).

Threw at least one 70-yard TD pass in seven consecutive seasons (2008-14), the first NFL player to do so since Bears QB Ed Brown (1955-61). Has 16 career TD passes of 70-plus yards, tied for No. 3 in league annals.

Needed just 99 games to reach 200 career TD passes, second fewest in NFL history behind only Dan Marino (89).

Reached the 30,000-yard passing mark for his career on his 3,652nd attempt, the fewest attempts needed in NFL history (Johnny Unitas, 3,695).

Leads the league with 80 zero-INT games (min. 15 attempts) since 2008. Had a 41-game regular-season streak without a two-INT game from 2010-13, the longest streak in NFL history.

Holds six of the seven lowest interception-percentage marks (min. 200 att.) in team history (0.96 in 2014, 1.15 in 2016, 1.20 in 2011, 1.29 in 2009, 1.40 in 2015, 1.45 in 2012). His six seasons with 200-plus passing attempts and an interception percentage of 1.50 or less are the most in NFL history ahead of Brady (five) and Chiefs QB Alex Smith (four).

Has posted seven of the top nine streaks in team history for the most consecutive passing attempts without an INT. Enters the 2017 season with a streak of 245 consecutive attempts without an INT, the second-longest streak in team history (Bart Starr, 294, 1964-65).

Posted a streak of 492 attempts and 44 TD passes at home without an interception from 2012-15, both NFL records (586 attempts and 49 TDs, including playoff games).

Since taking over as the starter in 2008, ranks No. 1 in the NFL in passer rating (104.5) and No. 2 in yards per attempt (7.94), passing TDs (296), INT percentage (1.54) and 25-yard passes (318).

Led the league in TD passes in 2016 with 40, the first Green Bay QB to lead the NFL since Brett Favre in 2003. Set a single-season franchise record for completions with 401.

Set the NFL single-season record with a 122.5 passer rating in 2011, topping the previous mark held by Manning (121.1 in ’04). Was the first Packer to lead the league in the category since the system was implemented in 1973.

In 2011, set league records for the most 100-plus rating games (13) and most 110-plus rating games (12), and tied the NFL mark for the most 140-plus rating games (four).

Also in 2011, set franchise records for TD passes (45), passing yards (4,643), completion percentage (68.3), yards per attempt (9.25) and 300-yard games (eight, tied in 2014) on his way to earning NFL MVP honors from AP.

Became only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw for 300 yards and three TDs with no INTs in a Super Bowl, taking home game MVP honors for Green Bay’s win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV.

Has posted a 109.0 passer rating in divisional games, the best mark in league history since the NFL went to a divisional format in 1967, more than 10 points ahead of No. 2 Steve Young (98.2).

Threw a TD pass in 35 consecutive regular-season games at home from 2008-12, the second-longest streak in NFL history behind only Marino’s 39-game streak from 1983-88.

With 25 career rushing TDs, ranks No. 2 in franchise history among QBs behind only Tobin Rote (29).

Has rushed for 250-plus yards in seven seasons (2009-12, 2014-16), the most in team history and the most in the league by a QB since 2009. Rushed for a career-high 369 yards in 2016, the most by a Green Bay QB since Rote (398) in 1956.

Has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week a franchise-record 15 times in his career (Weeks 13 and 16 of 2010; Weeks 1, 4 and 9 in 2011; Weeks 4 and 6 in 2012; Week 2 in 2013; Weeks 4, 7, 10 and 17 in 2014; Week 3 in 2015; Weeks 14 and 16 in 2016). Has earned the honor at least once in seven consecutive seasons.

Has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month eight times in his career (October 2009, December 2010, September, October and November 2011, October 2012, November 2014, December 2016).

Has thrown 59 career TD passes to WR Jordy Nelson, making them the most productive TD duo in franchise history as they moved past Favre and Antonio Freeman (57) last season vs. Minnesota in Week 16.

Has played in 17 career postseason games, No. 3 in team history behind only Favre (22) and K Mason Crosby (18).

COLLEGE

A two-year starter and letterman at California, he completed 424 of 665 passes (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, with 43 TDs and 13 INTs, while playing in 25 games with 22 starts…His 150.3 career passer-efficency rating and 1.95 INT percentage are both tops in school history…Threw for 250-plus yards 10 times and had 160 rushes for 336 yards (2.1 avg.) and eight TDs…With scant Division I interest after two highly successful prep seasons, began his college career at Butte College, near Chico, Calif. …It was there that Cal coach Jeff Tedford noticed Rodgers while watching video of a teammate, TE Garrett Cross (who later, too, became a Cal Golden Bear, and then a Green Bay Packer)…After watching him practice and feeling confident in his ability to thrive in Berkeley, Tedford offered Rodgers a scholarship …Majored in American studies…Junior season (2004): Started all 12 games for the Bears, including the Holiday Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Dec. 30)…Finished with 209 completions in 316 attempts (66.1 percent) for 2,566 yards and 24 TDs, with eight INTs…Helped the team reach its highest national ranking (No. 4) since 1952, produce its best regular-season record (10-1) in 54 years and record the most conference wins (seven) in 55 years…Led an offense that ranked first in the conference in passing efficiency (167.39, fourth nationally), total offense (494.7 ypg, fifth), scoring offense (37.3 ppg, sixth) and rushing offense (260 ypg, fifth)…Offense was second-highest scoring in school history…Named first-team All-Pacific-10, and received honorable mention All-America recognition from AP, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and SportsIllustrated.com…Also was a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic choice…Was one of 15 players to receive letters from the Heisman Trophy Committee in November, and was named to the watch lists for the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award…Served as team co-captain and was chosen as Cal’s co-Offensive MVP…Finished second in the conference in passing efficiency (154.4), behind Southern California’s Matt Leinart; the efficiency mark ranked eighth among all NCAA passers in 2004 and was the second-best achievement in Cal annals (164.5, Dave Barr, 1993)…Fired three or more TDs four times on the season…Completed a single-game school-record 23 consecutive passes at USC (Oct. 9) to tie an NCAA mark, running his school-record string to 26 straight completions dating back to the previous game at Oregon State (Oct. 2)...Finished 29 of 34 for 85.3 percent against the Trojans, another school record…Sophomore season (2003): Upon transferring from Butte College, played in three of the Golden Bears’ first four games before taking over as the starter in Game 5 at Illinois (Sept. 20), leading Cal to a 7-3 record as a starter…Authored one of the finest quarterbacking seasons of any sophomore in Pac-10 history, throwing for 2,903 yards and 19 TDs, with only five INTs, on 215-of-349 passing (61.6 percent)…The passing yardage total ranked second on Cal’s all-time list (now fifth) and his INT percentage of 1.43 set a school record (breaking old mark of 1.69 set by Gary Graumann in 1977)…Additionally, his passer efficiency rating (146.6) ranked fourth in school annals, and with 210 yards rushing, his 3,113 total yards ranked second…Registered 300 or more yards through the air five times, tying Pat Barnes’ school record…Authored two major INT-free streaks: the first came as he started his Cal career with 98 straight passes without an INT, the second came later in the season as he threw 105 times without a pick, ending at Oregon (Nov. 8)…Over the last five games of the season, completed 68.2 percent of his passes (105 of 154) for 1,596 yards (319.1 ypg), 12 TDs and two INTs…Was clutch in the school’s final two contests, throwing for 348 yards vs. Washington (Nov. 15) and 359 at Stanford (Nov. 22), both must-wins in order for Cal to clinch its first bowl berth since 1996…In the Stanford contest, registered 414 yards of total offense (359 passing, 55 rushing) to record the highest total in the 106-year history of the “Big Game”; it was the fourth-highest total offensive output in team history…Stretched his streak of 300-yard passing games to three in the Insight Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Dec. 26), throwing for a collegiate-high 394 yards in the 52-49 win and putting up 424 yards of total offense, third best in school annals…Served as one of two offensive team captains…Freshman season (2002): During his one year at Butte College in Oroville, Calif., led the Roadrunners to a 10-1 record, a NorCal Conference championship and a No. 2 national ranking…Passed for 2,408 yards and 28 TDs, with only four INTs, on 164 completions in 265 attempts (61.9 percent)…Also carried 101 times for 294 yards and seven TDs…Authored single-game school records for TDs (six) and all-purpose yards (440)…Earned third-team All-America mention from J.C. Grid-Wire, in addition to NorCal Conference and region MVP honors…Voted MVP in a Holiday Bowl victory over San Joaquin Delta (Junior College) with a 251-yard, two-TD pass performance…Listed in SuperPrep’s JuCo 100, ranking him 41st among all junior-college players nationally.

PERSONAL

Given name Aaron Charles Rodgers…Born in Chico, Calif. …Nicknamed “A-Rod”…Single…Father, Ed, played offensive guard at Chico State from 1973-76 and then lined up for three-plus seasons (three games in 1978, 1979-81) with the Twin City Cougars, a semi-pro football team in Marysville, Calif.; the Cougars captured the 1980 semi-pro national championship by defeating the Delavan (Wis.) Red Devils, 37-20...Younger brother, Jordan, played quarterback at Vanderbilt and spent time on Tampa Bay’s practice squad in 2013…Was a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! on an episode that aired in May 2015, defeating Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank and former astronaut Mark Kelly to win $50,000 for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund…High school: A two-time all-section choice (2000-01) at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif., he passed for 4,419 yards over the course of his junior and senior seasons and set the single-season school record for passing yards his senior year (2,303)…Also pitched for his high school baseball team as a senior…Community involvement: Has become particularly active with the MACC Fund and has raised more than $1 million for the organization through various campaigns and events…Hosted the fundraising banquet “An Evening With Aaron Rodgers” in Milwaukee each year from 2010-14 on behalf of the organization…In January 2015, was selected as one of three finalists for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, the only league award that recognizes a player’s off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence…Won the Bart Starr Award in 2014, which annually recognizes one NFL player for outstanding character and leadership on the field and in the community...In December 2011, hosted “A Pack Lunch With Aaron Rodgers,” where MACC Fund donors joined him for an afternoon lunch hour in Green Bay...In December 2016, supported The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign by signing autographs in exchange for monetary donations…Also matched each donation that was made during weekly autograph signings that teammates participated in during the holiday season, helping to raise $76,036…In 2009, worked with The Salvation Army to have “Twelve’s Day of Christmas,” a benefit partnering with Shopko to give holiday gifts to underprivileged children…Co-hosted a charity golf tournament with Young Life from 2006-08…Plays annually in the Andy North and Friends Golf Getaway, an event that raises money and awareness for the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center…A scratch golfer, plays regularly and has played in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nev., 13 times…Has participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon, the Vince Lombardi Golf Classic and the 2009 ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic…While at Cal, he and WR Geoff McArthur participated in fundraiser “Touchdown for Kids,” with money donated to local youth programs for every TD pass connection authored by the two.

Has posted six seasons (2009, 2011-12, 2014-16) with 500-plus passing attempts and eight or fewer INTs, the most in NFL history ahead of Patriots QB Tom Brady (three) and nine QBs (one).

Has been named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player by The Associated Press twice in his career (2011, 2014), one of only eight players in league history to win the award multiple times.

Is the only quarterback in league history to record a 100-plus passer rating in six consecutive seasons (2009-14), with no other QB doing so in more than four straight. Ranks No. 1 in NFL history with a 100-plus rating in seven seasons (2009-14, 2016).

Is the lone QB in NFL history to throw 40-plus TD passes with seven or fewer INTs in a season, having done it twice in his career (45/6 in 2011, 40/7 in 2016).

Is one of only four QBs in NFL history (Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees) to have two seasons with 40-plus TD passes. Has thrown 38-plus TD passes four times in his career, the most in NFL history.

Has registered six 4,000-yard passing seasons, the most in team history, and a franchise-record 20 games with four-plus passing TDs.

In 135 career regular-season starts (since 2008), has posted 49 games with 300-plus passing yards (No. 4 in the NFL over that span), 80 without an interception (No. 1, min. 15 attempts) and 75 with a 100-plus passer rating (No. 2).

Has been selected to the Pro Bowl in six of the last eight seasons (2009, 2011-12, 2014-16).

In the franchise record books, holds seven of the top eight single-season marks for passer rating (2009-14, 2016), four of the top six for passing TDs (2011-12, 2014, 2016), six of the top seven for completion percentage (2010-14, 2016) and four of the top six for passing yards (2009, 2011, 2014, 2016).

Threw at least one 70-yard TD pass in seven consecutive seasons (2008-14), the first NFL player to do so since Bears QB Ed Brown (1955-61). Has 16 career TD passes of 70-plus yards, tied for No. 3 in league annals.

Needed just 99 games to reach 200 career TD passes, second fewest in NFL history behind only Dan Marino (89).

Reached the 30,000-yard passing mark for his career on his 3,652nd attempt, the fewest attempts needed in NFL history (Johnny Unitas, 3,695).

Leads the league with 80 zero-INT games (min. 15 attempts) since 2008. Had a 41-game regular-season streak without a two-INT game from 2010-13, the longest streak in NFL history.

Holds six of the seven lowest interception-percentage marks (min. 200 att.) in team history (0.96 in 2014, 1.15 in 2016, 1.20 in 2011, 1.29 in 2009, 1.40 in 2015, 1.45 in 2012). His six seasons with 200-plus passing attempts and an interception percentage of 1.50 or less are the most in NFL history ahead of Brady (five) and Chiefs QB Alex Smith (four).

Has posted seven of the top nine streaks in team history for the most consecutive passing attempts without an INT. Enters the 2017 season with a streak of 245 consecutive attempts without an INT, the second-longest streak in team history (Bart Starr, 294, 1964-65).

Posted a streak of 492 attempts and 44 TD passes at home without an interception from 2012-15, both NFL records (586 attempts and 49 TDs, including playoff games).

Since taking over as the starter in 2008, ranks No. 1 in the NFL in passer rating (104.5) and No. 2 in yards per attempt (7.94), passing TDs (296), INT percentage (1.54) and 25-yard passes (318).

Led the league in TD passes in 2016 with 40, the first Green Bay QB to lead the NFL since Brett Favre in 2003. Set a single-season franchise record for completions with 401.

Set the NFL single-season record with a 122.5 passer rating in 2011, topping the previous mark held by Manning (121.1 in ’04). Was the first Packer to lead the league in the category since the system was implemented in 1973.

In 2011, set league records for the most 100-plus rating games (13) and most 110-plus rating games (12), and tied the NFL mark for the most 140-plus rating games (four).

Also in 2011, set franchise records for TD passes (45), passing yards (4,643), completion percentage (68.3), yards per attempt (9.25) and 300-yard games (eight, tied in 2014) on his way to earning NFL MVP honors from AP.

Became only the fourth QB in NFL history to throw for 300 yards and three TDs with no INTs in a Super Bowl, taking home game MVP honors for Green Bay’s win over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XLV.

Has posted a 109.0 passer rating in divisional games, the best mark in league history since the NFL went to a divisional format in 1967, more than 10 points ahead of No. 2 Steve Young (98.2).

Threw a TD pass in 35 consecutive regular-season games at home from 2008-12, the second-longest streak in NFL history behind only Marino’s 39-game streak from 1983-88.

With 25 career rushing TDs, ranks No. 2 in franchise history among QBs behind only Tobin Rote (29).

Has rushed for 250-plus yards in seven seasons (2009-12, 2014-16), the most in team history and the most in the league by a QB since 2009. Rushed for a career-high 369 yards in 2016, the most by a Green Bay QB since Rote (398) in 1956.

Has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week a franchise-record 15 times in his career (Weeks 13 and 16 of 2010; Weeks 1, 4 and 9 in 2011; Weeks 4 and 6 in 2012; Week 2 in 2013; Weeks 4, 7, 10 and 17 in 2014; Week 3 in 2015; Weeks 14 and 16 in 2016). Has earned the honor at least once in seven consecutive seasons.

Has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month eight times in his career (October 2009, December 2010, September, October and November 2011, October 2012, November 2014, December 2016).

Has thrown 59 career TD passes to WR Jordy Nelson, making them the most productive TD duo in franchise history as they moved past Favre and Antonio Freeman (57) last season vs. Minnesota in Week 16.

Has played in 17 career postseason games, No. 3 in team history behind only Favre (22) and K Mason Crosby (18).

COLLEGE

A two-year starter and letterman at California, he completed 424 of 665 passes (63.8 percent) for 5,469 yards, with 43 TDs and 13 INTs, while playing in 25 games with 22 starts…His 150.3 career passer-efficency rating and 1.95 INT percentage are both tops in school history…Threw for 250-plus yards 10 times and had 160 rushes for 336 yards (2.1 avg.) and eight TDs…With scant Division I interest after two highly successful prep seasons, began his college career at Butte College, near Chico, Calif. …It was there that Cal coach Jeff Tedford noticed Rodgers while watching video of a teammate, TE Garrett Cross (who later, too, became a Cal Golden Bear, and then a Green Bay Packer)…After watching him practice and feeling confident in his ability to thrive in Berkeley, Tedford offered Rodgers a scholarship …Majored in American studies…Junior season (2004): Started all 12 games for the Bears, including the Holiday Bowl vs. Texas Tech (Dec. 30)…Finished with 209 completions in 316 attempts (66.1 percent) for 2,566 yards and 24 TDs, with eight INTs…Helped the team reach its highest national ranking (No. 4) since 1952, produce its best regular-season record (10-1) in 54 years and record the most conference wins (seven) in 55 years…Led an offense that ranked first in the conference in passing efficiency (167.39, fourth nationally), total offense (494.7 ypg, fifth), scoring offense (37.3 ppg, sixth) and rushing offense (260 ypg, fifth)…Offense was second-highest scoring in school history…Named first-team All-Pacific-10, and received honorable mention All-America recognition from AP, College & Pro Football Newsweekly and SportsIllustrated.com…Also was a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic choice…Was one of 15 players to receive letters from the Heisman Trophy Committee in November, and was named to the watch lists for the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award…Served as team co-captain and was chosen as Cal’s co-Offensive MVP…Finished second in the conference in passing efficiency (154.4), behind Southern California’s Matt Leinart; the efficiency mark ranked eighth among all NCAA passers in 2004 and was the second-best achievement in Cal annals (164.5, Dave Barr, 1993)…Fired three or more TDs four times on the season…Completed a single-game school-record 23 consecutive passes at USC (Oct. 9) to tie an NCAA mark, running his school-record string to 26 straight completions dating back to the previous game at Oregon State (Oct. 2)...Finished 29 of 34 for 85.3 percent against the Trojans, another school record…Sophomore season (2003): Upon transferring from Butte College, played in three of the Golden Bears’ first four games before taking over as the starter in Game 5 at Illinois (Sept. 20), leading Cal to a 7-3 record as a starter…Authored one of the finest quarterbacking seasons of any sophomore in Pac-10 history, throwing for 2,903 yards and 19 TDs, with only five INTs, on 215-of-349 passing (61.6 percent)…The passing yardage total ranked second on Cal’s all-time list (now fifth) and his INT percentage of 1.43 set a school record (breaking old mark of 1.69 set by Gary Graumann in 1977)…Additionally, his passer efficiency rating (146.6) ranked fourth in school annals, and with 210 yards rushing, his 3,113 total yards ranked second…Registered 300 or more yards through the air five times, tying Pat Barnes’ school record…Authored two major INT-free streaks: the first came as he started his Cal career with 98 straight passes without an INT, the second came later in the season as he threw 105 times without a pick, ending at Oregon (Nov. 8)…Over the last five games of the season, completed 68.2 percent of his passes (105 of 154) for 1,596 yards (319.1 ypg), 12 TDs and two INTs…Was clutch in the school’s final two contests, throwing for 348 yards vs. Washington (Nov. 15) and 359 at Stanford (Nov. 22), both must-wins in order for Cal to clinch its first bowl berth since 1996…In the Stanford contest, registered 414 yards of total offense (359 passing, 55 rushing) to record the highest total in the 106-year history of the “Big Game”; it was the fourth-highest total offensive output in team history…Stretched his streak of 300-yard passing games to three in the Insight Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (Dec. 26), throwing for a collegiate-high 394 yards in the 52-49 win and putting up 424 yards of total offense, third best in school annals…Served as one of two offensive team captains…Freshman season (2002): During his one year at Butte College in Oroville, Calif., led the Roadrunners to a 10-1 record, a NorCal Conference championship and a No. 2 national ranking…Passed for 2,408 yards and 28 TDs, with only four INTs, on 164 completions in 265 attempts (61.9 percent)…Also carried 101 times for 294 yards and seven TDs…Authored single-game school records for TDs (six) and all-purpose yards (440)…Earned third-team All-America mention from J.C. Grid-Wire, in addition to NorCal Conference and region MVP honors…Voted MVP in a Holiday Bowl victory over San Joaquin Delta (Junior College) with a 251-yard, two-TD pass performance…Listed in SuperPrep’s JuCo 100, ranking him 41st among all junior-college players nationally.

PERSONAL

Given name Aaron Charles Rodgers…Born in Chico, Calif. …Nicknamed “A-Rod”…Single…Father, Ed, played offensive guard at Chico State from 1973-76 and then lined up for three-plus seasons (three games in 1978, 1979-81) with the Twin City Cougars, a semi-pro football team in Marysville, Calif.; the Cougars captured the 1980 semi-pro national championship by defeating the Delavan (Wis.) Red Devils, 37-20...Younger brother, Jordan, played quarterback at Vanderbilt and spent time on Tampa Bay’s practice squad in 2013…Was a contestant on Celebrity Jeopardy! on an episode that aired in May 2015, defeating Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank and former astronaut Mark Kelly to win $50,000 for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund…High school: A two-time all-section choice (2000-01) at Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, Calif., he passed for 4,419 yards over the course of his junior and senior seasons and set the single-season school record for passing yards his senior year (2,303)…Also pitched for his high school baseball team as a senior…Community involvement: Has become particularly active with the MACC Fund and has raised more than $1 million for the organization through various campaigns and events…Hosted the fundraising banquet “An Evening With Aaron Rodgers” in Milwaukee each year from 2010-14 on behalf of the organization…In January 2015, was selected as one of three finalists for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, the only league award that recognizes a player’s off-the-field community service as well as his playing excellence…Won the Bart Starr Award in 2014, which annually recognizes one NFL player for outstanding character and leadership on the field and in the community...In December 2011, hosted “A Pack Lunch With Aaron Rodgers,” where MACC Fund donors joined him for an afternoon lunch hour in Green Bay...In December 2016, supported The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign by signing autographs in exchange for monetary donations…Also matched each donation that was made during weekly autograph signings that teammates participated in during the holiday season, helping to raise $76,036…In 2009, worked with The Salvation Army to have “Twelve’s Day of Christmas,” a benefit partnering with Shopko to give holiday gifts to underprivileged children…Co-hosted a charity golf tournament with Young Life from 2006-08…Plays annually in the Andy North and Friends Golf Getaway, an event that raises money and awareness for the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center…A scratch golfer, plays regularly and has played in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nev., 13 times…Has participated in the Edgar Bennett Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon, the Vince Lombardi Golf Classic and the 2009 ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic…While at Cal, he and WR Geoff McArthur participated in fundraiser “Touchdown for Kids,” with money donated to local youth programs for every TD pass connection authored by the two.